The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-03-24
The Public Schools.

AN ACT to amend chapter thirty six (36) of the
General Statutes 1873. providing for public
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State Of
Minnesota:
SECTION l. That section seventy-five 75) Of
chapter thirty-sjx (:}G) of the General Statutes
OF one thousand eight hundred and seventy
eight lS7Sl be amended to read as follows:
Section -. The state superintendent OF pub
TIC instruction shall make appOrtt )nmcnt of
the available current school funds in the state
treasury, among the several counties of the
state. on the first Monday in March and the first
Monday i'll October OF each year, in proportion
to the number of scholars between the ages of
nVe ~ and tWenty-one cd years who have
been enrolled and have been in attendance forty
(lO| days in the public schools. that have had at
least hive % months Of term, within the year, by
a qualified teacher, and have reported in accord
ance with the following provisions:
Provided, first, That every teacher in the pub
tic schools OF this state shall keep in register
furnished him by the clerk OF the district, Il
record Of the names i'll full and the number and
daily attendance of scholars enrolled in the
school, studying and rcci,ing in the same and
properly belonging thereto, checking with q
cross (x) the names of all under five ~ or over
twenty-one cd years OF age, and OF all who are
charged tuition: the register shall also be so
kept as to show the names and number OF days
OF attendance Of all pupils between the ages OF
eight ~ and fifteen ll5) years, and between
fifteen 90 and twenty-one (2D years
Provided. second. That every teacher in the
uO days after the close OF the first term in the
school year beginning August LIST. report
TO- to the superintendent of schools for
by the state Superintendent Of public instruc-
ton, and distributed through the county SUPER
iatcndent, and TO the clerk of the district, by
returning the register, the names in full OF all
scholars enrolled in this school, with the num-
Der of days each has attended, checking with
cross (x' the names of all under five 81 and
over tWcnty-une i2n years Of age. and OF all who
arc charged tuition; and the names 80 checked
shall not be counted i'll the Total enrolment
upon which the current school fund is appor-
toned, and within ten uO) days after the close
OF each succeeding term of the year, upon a du-
plicate of the last preceding report tor that dis
trict. he shall add the new names not enrolled in
report the number Of DAYS each pupil has at
tended for the term of his report: all other
questions on the blanks shall be accurately an
swered.
Provided. third No clerk Of any common dis
trict, under the supervision of a county
Superintendent, shall issue order to any
teacher on which pay for the last month of serv-
ice can be drawn. until he has evidence that the
teachers report to the county superintendent
has been returned. properly filled. and until the
report required in this section. the register of
the district, kept according to law: nothing
herein contained shall prevent any teacher from
recovering pay for his services. if it appears that
his record has been kept, and the reports
thereof made, according to the provisions Of
this section.
Provided. fourth, That in special and inde
pendent school districts. such blanks furnished
through the county superintendent of schools,
and requiring tor the entire year the data THAI
are required of common school districts each
term, shall be properly filled and returned to
him within ten (lO) days after the close OF the
last term in the school year, by the super
intendent OF such schools, or. it there be no
such officer by the teacher of the highest school
dependent districts shall be kept. and
reports OF enrOllments shall be made
as in common school districts. aud the name OF
no scholar entitled to enrolment for apportion-
ment shall be counted more. than once in the dis
trict in any year.
Provided, fifth, Children attending school
any part of the year in another district than that
in which their parents or guardians reside, shall
district. il they are enrolled aud entitled to APP
portionment within that year in the district
where their parents or guardians reside.
SEC. 2 That section sevent y-nine (79D of said
chapte: be so amended as to read rs follows:
Section -. The auditor of each cou nty, on the
last Wednesday of March, and on the last We'd
tionments OF the money in the county treasury
accruing from the current school fund. and from
[the] liquor licens cs, estravs and fines ~ pro-
vlded in this act, among the several $, ,ol dis
trlcts in the county i'll which schools have been
taught five ~ months within the year by quail
fed teachers: which apportionmeut shall be
made upon the number Of different scholars be-
tween the ages OF five (5) and twentv-one (21)
years, lawfully enrolled in each school, and en-
titled to appOrtionment, as reported to him by
the county superintendent Of schools. and the
county auditor shall transmit to the clerk of
each district copy of the apportionment to
said district, and such money shall be used only
IN payment OF teachers wages. including board:
Provided. first. That no district shall receive
from the apportionment an amount greater than
that appropriated by the district from its spe-
cal tax and a local one % mill tax.
Provided, second. That no district shall re-
ceive any share in the apportionment of moneys
accruing from liquor licenses unless all sums
paid for such licenses in such district are an
propriated to the county school fund
Provided. third. That any district which, for
the first yeat after its organization, shall have
made provision for i four az months school by
levy of sufficient tax, and shall have begun
and continued school for one % month. shall
be entitled to its share in the first succeeding
apportonment in proportion to the actual en-
rollment Of pupils between the ages Of five 81
shall be reported by the clerk. through the
county superintendent. to the superintendent
of public instruction, aud to the auditor Of the